Method and apparatus for inter prediction using motion vector candidate based on temporal motion prediction

• US 10,708,614 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2019
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Lim, Sung Chang, Kim, Hui Yong, Jeong, Se Yoon, Cho, Suk Hee, Kim, Jong Ho, Lee, Ha Hyun, Lee, Jin Ho, Choi, Jin Soo, Kim, Jin Woong, Ahn, Chie Teuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Navas, Jr., Edemio
• Application Number:
  US16/456,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20190327485A1
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/52 by predictive encoding

Abstract

An inter prediction method according to the present invention comprises: a step for deriving reference motion information related to a unit to be decoded in a current picture; and a step for performing motion compensation for the unit to be decoded, using the reference motion information that has been derived. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be enhanced.

Claims

1. A video decoding method, comprising:

deriving spatial motion information from a neighboring unit of a decoding target unit;

obtaining index information relating to temporal motion information of the decoding target unit from a bitstream,

wherein the index information specifies a first reference picture having the temporal motion information of the target unit among a plurality of reference pictures in a reference picture list, and

wherein the neighboring unit is adjacent to the decoding target unit or is disposed at a corner of the decoding target unit;

selecting, based on the index information, the first reference picture among the plurality of the reference pictures in the reference picture list;

deriving the temporal motion information from a collocated unit of the selected first reference picture, the first reference picture having a different temporal order from a picture including the decoding target unit;

generating a merge candidate list for the decoding target unit including derived spatial motion information and the derived temporal motion information; and

performing motion compensation on the decoding target unit by using the merge candidate list,

wherein the step of performing the motion compensation comprises;

obtaining a merge index of the decoding target unit;

selecting motion information indicated by the merge index among merge candidates included in the merge candidate list; and

performing the motion compensation for the decoding target unit using the selected motion information.

2. A video encoding method, comprising:

deriving spatial motion information from a neighboring unit of an encoding target unit,

wherein the neighboring unit is adjacent to the encoding target unit or is disposed at a corner of the encoding target unit;

deriving temporal motion information from a collocated unit of a first reference picture, the first reference picture having a different temporal order from a picture including the encoding target unit;

generating a merge candidate list for the encoding target unit including the derived spatial motion information and the derived temporal motion information;

encoding, based on the merge candidate list, a merge index of the encoding target unit; and

encoding index information relating to the temporal motion information of the encoding target unit,

wherein the index information specifies the first reference picture having the temporal motion information of the encoding target unit among a plurality of reference pictures in a reference picture list.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recoding-medium storing a bitstream used for a video decoding process,

the bitstream comprises index information and a merge index,

wherein the index information specifies a first reference picture having temporal motion information of a decoding target unit among a plurality of reference pictures in a reference picture list,

wherein the merge index is used for selecting motion information among merge candidates included in a merge candidate list in the video decoding process,

wherein the merge candidate list includes spatial motion information and temporal motion information,

wherein the spatial motion information is derived from a neighboring unit of the decoding target unit,

wherein the neighboring unit is adjacent to the decoding target unit or is disposed at a corner of the decoding target unit. and

wherein the temporal motion information is derived from a collocated unit of the first reference picture, the first reference picture having a different temporal order from a picture including the decoding target unit.